We’ve reached new lows in weekly dividend hikes. Last week, only five stocks and five additional funds announced a dividend hike. That’s not much but the big dividend growth stocks have increased their payments earlier this year. The others still have 6 or so months to meet the straight criteria of a real dividend Champion, Challenger or Contender.

Below is a detailed look of the five dividend growth stocks from last week. You can find additional information in the attached table. Despite the low number of dividend growth stocks and funds, the power of is still impressive. 62.35 percent, that’s the rate of dividend growth.

Here are my favorite dividend growth stocks:

Sabine Royalty Trust (SBR) has a market capitalization of $738.30 million. The company generates revenue of $54.66 million and has a net income of $52.32 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $52.37 million. The EBITDA margin is 95.82 percent (the operating margin is 95.73 percent and the net profit margin 95.73 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 0.00 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 0.00 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 1,065.41 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.61. Last fiscal year, the company paid $3.70 in the form of dividends to shareholders. SBR raised its dividends last week by 24.8 percent.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 14.02, the P/S ratio is 13.51 and the P/B ratio is finally 181.52. The dividend yield amounts to 6.98 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.87.

Himax Technologies (HIMX) has a market capitalization of $964.88 million. The company employs 1,423 people, generates revenue of $737.26 million and has a net income of $50.38 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $82.86 million. The EBITDA margin is 11.24 percent (the operating margin is 9.10 percent and the net profit margin 6.83 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 10.78 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 17.08 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 12.47 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $0.30. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.12 in the form of dividends to shareholders. HIMX raised its dividends last week by 296.8 percent.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 18.98, the P/S ratio is 1.31 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.26. The dividend yield amounts to 4.39 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.83.

Sovran Self Storage (SSS) has a market capitalization of $2.11 billion. The company employs 1,228 people, generates revenue of $236.01 million and has a net income of $48.95 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $125.69 million. The EBITDA margin is 53.26 percent (the operating margin is 34.10 percent and the net profit margin 20.74 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 46.09 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 93.90 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 7.01 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.76. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.80 in the form of dividends to shareholders. SSS raised its dividends last week by 10.4 percent.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 38.13, the P/S ratio is 8.94 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.81. The dividend yield amounts to 3.16 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.08.

Bank Of The Ozarks (OZRK) has a market capitalization of $1.64 billion. The company employs 1,110 people, generates revenue of $195.95 million and has a net income of $77.06 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $132.37 million. The EBITDA margin is 67.36 percent (the operating margin is 46.79 percent and the net profit margin 32.49 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 9.29 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 73.92 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 16.53 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.25. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.50 in the form of dividends to shareholders. OZRK raised its dividends last week by 11.8 percent.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 20.57, the P/S ratio is 6.90 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.21. The dividend yield amounts to 1.64 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.73.

America Movil SAB (AMX) has a market capitalization of $79.82Billion. The company employs 158,719 people, generates revenue of $59.292 billion and has a net income of $7.048 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $19.958 billion. The EBITDA margin is 33.66 percent (the operating margin is 20.30 percent and the net profit margin 11.89 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 41.60 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 138.39 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 31.13 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.73. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.31 in the form of dividends to shareholders. AMX raised its dividends last week by 11.9 percent.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 12.17, the P/S ratio is 0.88 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.46. The dividend yield amounts to 1.52 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.29.

Take a closer look at the full table of stocks with recent dividend hikes. The average dividend growth amounts to 62.35 percent and the average dividend yield amounts to 4.91 percent. Stocks from the sheet are valuated with a P/E ratio of 15.27. The average P/S ratio is 8.77 and P/B 2.13.

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